A Social Scientist’s Plea for Humor
A new paper provides an epic theoretical defense of humor in sociological research.
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Collect Mentors and Make True Friends: Advice for New College Students From Sociologists
College can be a bewildering new challenge, but a bit of advice can go a long way.
In Defense of Diving, Flopping, and Cheating at Sports
When people are paid to win a game with a set of arbitrary rules, people will break the rules. We're almost always OK with that—except for one thing.
Talking With Choire Sicha and Caleb Crain About Their New Books
Choire hopes people hate his book. Caleb just wants people to get his. Jane Hu spoke to the two of them—when they weren't talking to each other.
The Melting-Pot Gazette
Can a sociologist and a journalist get an ethnically fractured city engaged?
The Great White Hoax
How an average fighter used racially coded language to tap into some dark insecurities and rise through the ranks of the UFC.
Sociologists and The End of Sleep
The past week has seen a flurry of attention around the latest purported wonder drug, Modafinil, which claims…
UK Study of Racial Discrimination Curiously Racial
A study of bias in immigration policy by researchers at the UK’s Bristol University concludes that treatment of…
Life Expectancy, the Anti-Vaccine Movement, and How Individuals Started to Take Credit for Growing Old
Longer life expectancy is one of the hallmarks of modern American life — one of those facts that…
Children’s Books Increasingly Ignore Natural World
A survey of award-winning children’s picture books from 1938 to 2008 suggests our increasing estrangement from the natural environment.